Call Me When You Get There

Call Me When You Get There

Twelve years old in sixty-one, got me a brand new bike
My cousin called from way across town asking me to spend the night
I asked my ma if I could go, I begged with all my might
She said, “Call me when you get there, let me know that you’re alright”

Eighteen years and ready to move away from home
Daddy helped me pack the car and as we stood there all alone
He put his arms around me and he looked me in the eye
He said, “Call me when you get there, let me know that you’re alright”

Let me know that you’re inside protected from the storm
I won’t sleep a wink till I know you are safe and warm
You mean more to me than anything that I got in my life
Call me when you get there, let me know that you’re alright

There ain’t no book of knowledge to teach you how to cope
When you loose a loved one it ain’t easy to go on
I held your hand till you were gone and when you closed your eyes
I said, “Call me when you get there, let me know that you’re alright”

I walked out in the darkness and stared up at the night
I saw God’s constellations out in the Western sky
And when I saw that shooting star I took it for a sign
That you’d called me when you got there to let me know that you’re alright

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Alternate last verse

The toughest thing about having kids is having those kids go
you hope you got em ready for the rough spots down the road
the only thing that's left to do is hug em one more time – and say
call me when you get there, let me know that you're alright